Thursday, July 26, 2007

This is Chelsea House, a great little bed and breakfast where westayed. This is the main house, and then there were separatelittle cabins behind it, beside a nice small pool. It was the perfectplace to stay, within walking distance to Duval Street, and all themain attractions.One of our tour guides told us that Key West is thelargest preservation area of two story Victorian homes anywhere.The oldest part of town burned early in the century becausethe fire spread from roof to roof because the homes are so closetogether. All of the homes are required now to have a tinroof. The ceilings of the porches are painted blue becauseit attracts the bees and wasps, and then they are killed inthe fan blades.I really enjoyed walking in the neighborhoods in the morningsand seeing all the quaint little homes.

Trip to Scandinavia

2017 Trip

I have scheduled our trip for 2017. We are going to tour the capitals of all the Scandinavian countries. The trip departs on June 22 and is 2 weeks. You can check it out on www.goaheadtours.com Just search for Scandinavia, and it will come up. I will be sketching and painting along the way, as we sight see and tour these interesting countries. It will be a "cool" getaway for those of us in the South in the summer! Let me know if you think you might want to go with us. If you sign up early, you can make payments all year long. Email me or contact me at the gallery, or on Facebook: Gail Hindelang Shelton

Koi Story

Spring Cleaning

About Me

Artist's Statement

I love painting and drawing. I have been doing it since childhood. I try to paint or draw something every day. I also do a lot of photography. I still teach art, and serve as a group coordinator for

Go Ahead Tours, taking groupson trips all over the world, painting subjects I find along the way. This blog may contain

current things I am working on,

as well as documentation of my

trips and escapades.

I work in a variety of media including pencil, ink, watercolor, colored pencil, pastel, and digital photography. I will be offering some of my originals and prints for sale on this blog. You can email me, or call the gallery if you are interested in a piece.They are also available at the Pea Patch Gallery in Winnfield.